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Hu M, Yue JQ, Guo F, Jin S, Wang MW, Fang N. [Malignant adenomyoepithelioma of breast: report of two cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2022; 51:890-892. [PMID: 36097909 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20220415-00290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- M Hu
- Depatment of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Depatment of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Depatment of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Depatment of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Depatment of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Depatment of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, China
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Ni J, Jiang JJ, Wang CY, Wen W, Tang JK, Chen C, You Y, Hu SQ, Zhang XW, Wang MW. [Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and coronary heart disease]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2022; 50:835-839. [PMID: 35982021 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20220412-00264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- J Ni
- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hangzhou 310015, China
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Wan L, Zou DH, Wang MW, Wang YH, Huang P, Li ZD, Tian ZL, Song FX, Liu NG, Chen YJ. [Research Status of Postmortem MSCT Angiography in Forensic Science]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 36:820-827. [PMID: 33550731 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Virtual autopsy is a new technique for investigating the morphological changes of cadaveric tissues and organs by medical imaging technology. It has been widely used in the identification of causes of death. Multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) has become a routine inspection method in some identification institutions, although it cannot completely replace traditional autopsy, it plays a key auxiliary or substitute role in the identification of certain abnormal causes of death. Plain MSCT scan cannot visualize cadaveric vessels, but can perform cadaveric angiography to determine vascular injury or disease. This technology has entered a rapid development period in recent years, and has made a considerable progress in contrast agent, perfusion methods and imaging methods. This article summarizes several common cadaveric MSCT angiography methods, such as systemic angiography, angiography through cardiopulmonary resuscitation, targeted angiography, and angiography by cardiac puncture, and analyzes and compares the application prospects.
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- L Wan
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China.,Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai 201700, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai 201700, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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Peng LQ, Wan L, Wang MW, Li Z, Wang P, Liu TA, Wang YH, Zhao H. [Comparison of Three CNN Models Applied in Bone Age Assessment of Pelvic Radiographs of Adolescents]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 36:622-630. [PMID: 33295161 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Objective To compare the performance of three deep-learning models (VGG19, Inception-V3 and Inception-ResNet-V2) in automatic bone age assessment based on pelvic X-ray radiographs. Methods A total of 962 pelvic X ray radiographs taken from adolescents (481 males, 481 females) aged from 11.0 to 21.0 years in five provinces and cities of China were collected, preprocessed and used as objects of study. Eighty percent of these X ray radiographs were divided into training set and validation set with random sampling method and used for model fitting and hyper-parameters adjustment. Twenty percent were used as test sets, to evaluate the ability of model generalization. The performances of the three models were assessed by comparing the root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and Bland-Altman plots between the model estimates and the chronological ages. Results The mean RMSE and MAE between bone age estimates of the VGG19 model and the chronological ages were 1.29 and 1.02 years, respectively. The mean RMSE and MAE between bone age estimates of the Inception-V3 model and the chronological ages were 1.17 and 0.82 years, respectively. The mean RMSE and MAE between bone age estimates of the Inception-ResNet-V2 model and the chronological ages were 1.11 and 0.84 years, respectively. The Bland-Altman plots showed that the mean value of differences between bone age estimates of Inception-ResNet-V2 model and the chronological ages was the lowest. Conclusion In the automatic bone age assessment of adolescent pelvis, the Inception-ResNet-V2 model performs the best while the Inception-V3 model achieves a similar accuracy as VGG19 model.
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- L Q Peng
- Guangdong Province Translational Forensic Medicine Engineering Technology Research Center, Faculty of Forensic Medicine, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Zhenpu Information Technology Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200444, China
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- Shanghai Zhenpu Information Technology Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200444, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Guangdong Province Translational Forensic Medicine Engineering Technology Research Center, Faculty of Forensic Medicine, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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He XW, Lai JS, Cheng J, Wang MW, Liu YJ, Xiao ZC, Xu C, Li SS, Zeng HS. [Impact of complicated myocardial injury on the clinical outcome of severe or critically ill COVID-19 patients]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2020; 48:456-460. [PMID: 32171190 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20200228-00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics of the severe or critically ill patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), and evaluate the impact of complicated myocardial injury on the prognosis of these patients. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in 54 patients who admitted to Tongji hospital from February 3, 2020 to February 24, 2020 and met the criteria of severe or critical conditions of COVID-19. The clinical characteristics and hospital mortality rate were analyzed and compared between the patients with or without myocardial injury, which was defined with 3 times higher serum cardiac troponin value. Results: The age of the 54 patients was 68.0(59.8, 74.3) years. Among all the patients, 24 (44.4%) patients were complicated with hypertension, 13 (24.1%) with diabetes, 8 (14.8%) with coronary heart disease, and 3 (5.6%) with previous cerebral infarction. During hospitalization, 24 (44.4%) of the patients were complicated with myocardial injury and 26 (48.1%) patients died in hospital. In-hospital mortality was significantly higher in patients with myocardial injury than in patients without myocardial injury (14 (60.9%) vs. 8 (25.8%), P=0.013). Moreover, the levels of C-reactive protein (153.6 (80.3, 240.7) ng/L vs. 49.8 (15.9, 101.9) ng/L) and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (852.0 (400.0, 2 315.3) ng/L vs. 197.0 (115.3, 631.0) ng/L) were significantly higher than patients without myocardial injury (all P<0.01). Conclusions: Prevalence of myocardial injury is high among severe or critically ill COVID-19 patients. Severe or critically ill COVID-19 patients with myocardial injury face a significantly higher risk of in-hospital mortality. The study suggests that it is important to monitor and manage the myocardial injury during hospitalization for severe or critically ill COVID-19 patients.
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- X W He
- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Emergency,Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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Gao SY, Wang MW, Tang H, Zhang S, Qi CB, Wang MX, Chang Q, Yue JQ. [Application of intraoperative rapid immunohistochemistry in diagnosis of difficult cases]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2020; 49:265-268. [PMID: 32187900 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2020.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- S Y Gao
- Department of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430079, China
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Peng LQ, Wan L, Wang MW, Li Z, Zhao H, Wang YH. Research Progress and Prospect of Machine Learning in Bone Age Assessment. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 36:91-98. [PMID: 32250086 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Bone age assessment has always been one of the key issues and difficulties in forensic science. With the gradual development of machine learning in many industries, it has been widely introduced to imageology, genomics, oncology, pathology, surgery and other medical research fields in recent years. The reason why the above research fields can be closely combined with machine learning, is because the research subjects of the above branches of medicine belong to the computer vision category. Machine learning provides unique advantages for computer vision research and has made breakthroughs in medical image recognition. Based on the advantages of machine learning in image recognition, it was combined with bone age assessment research, in order to construct a recognition model suitable for forensic skeletal images. This paper reviews the research progress in bone age assessment made by scholars at home and abroad using machine learning technology in recent years.
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- L Q Peng
- Faculty of Forensic Medicine, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Faculty of Forensic Medicine, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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Dong HW, Sun Y, Qian H, Jian JQ, Shao Y, Li ZD, Zou DH, Liu NG, Wan L, Wang MW, Chen YJ, Zhang JH. Research Progress on Postmortem Changes of Computed Tomography Imaging Characteristics on Corpses. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 35:716-720. [PMID: 31970960 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract Postmortem changes on corpses appear immediately after death, and can transform the original structure characteristics of the corpse to different degrees as well as show specific changes on computed tomography (CT) images, sometimes with false positives and false negatives, influencing the identification of injuries or diseases. This paper systematically summarizes the postmortem changes of computed tomography imaging characteristics on corpses, to further expand the application of virtopsy in the practices of forensic pathology identification, and provide reference for the identification of injuries, diseases and changes after normal death.
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- H W Dong
- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Criminal Investigation Detachment of Fuzhou Public Security Bureau, Fuzhou 350011, China
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- Anhui Quancheng Judicial Authentication Center, Hefei 230041, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Forensic Medicine, Key Lab of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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Guo F, Zhang YGL, Wu D, Qin L, Wang MW, Jin S, Tang H, Feng X, Yue JQ. [The effects of environmental friendly reagents on molecular detection of biopsy specimens processed by ultrasonic tissue processor]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2019; 48:805-808. [PMID: 31594048 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2019.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- F Guo
- Department of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan 430070, China
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Zhuo PP, Wang MW, Yu XY, Wan L, Tan SL, Chen JM, Xia WT. Assessment of the Original Height of L 1~2 after Vertebral Compression Fracture. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 34:359-362. [PMID: 30465398 DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To explore the assessment method of original height of L1-2 after vertebral compression fracture and its application value in forensic clinical practice. METHODS A total of 154 normal thoracic and lumbar X-ray films were collected, and 140 cases were used as experimental group while 14 cases as validation group. The heights of anterior (Ha) and posterior (Hp) vertebral body of T₁₂-L₃ vertebrae in each X-ray image were measured. In the experimental group, the correlation analysis between HaL₁ and HaT₁₂, HpT₁₂, HpL₁, HaL₂ and HpL₂ was carried out, and regression equation was established via fitting. The correlation analysis between HaL₂ and HaL₁, HpL₁, HpL₂, HaL₃, HpL₃ was performed, and the regression equation was also established via fitting. The difference between the predicted and measured values of HaL₁ and HaL₂ in validation group was compared. RESULTS In the 140 normal subjects, HaL₁ (y₁) was well correlated with HaT₁₂ (x₁) and HaL₂(x₂), and the multiple linear regression equation was y₁=2.545+0.423 x₁+0.486 x₂ (determining coefficient R²=0.712, P<0.05; F=169.206, P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the predicted and actual measured values of HaL₁ in the validation group ( P>0.05). HaL₂ (y₂) was well correlated with HaL₁ (x₃) and HaL₃ (x₄), and the multiple linear regression equation was y₂=4.354+0.530 x₃+0.349 x₄ (determining coefficient R²=0.689, P<0.05; F=151.575, P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the predicted and actual measured values of HaL₂ in the validation group ( P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS It is more appropriate to evaluate the original height of L₁ or L₂ single vertebrae by comparing with the height of the anterior edge of the upper and lower adjacent vertebral bodies.
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- P P Zhuo
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China.,Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Chen QR, Yang F, Feng X, Wang MX, Jin S, Wang MW, Wu D, Zhang YGL, Wu YM, Wang HB, Chen QB. [Improving the methods for processing specimens derived from endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration so as to increase the pathological diagnosis accuracy]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2018; 47:635-637. [PMID: 30107673 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2018.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hu TH, Huo Z, Liu TA, Wang F, Wan L, Wang MW, Chen T, Wang YH. [Automated Assessment for Bone Age of Left Wrist Joint in Uyghur Teenagers by Deep Learning]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 34:27-32. [PMID: 29577701 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To realize the automated bone age assessment by applying deep learning to digital radiography (DR) image recognition of left wrist joint in Uyghur teenagers, and explore its practical application value in forensic medicine bone age assessment. METHODS The X-ray films of left wrist joint after pretreatment, which were taken from 245 male and 227 female Uyghur nationality teenagers in Uygur Autonomous Region aged from 13.0 to 19.0 years old, were chosen as subjects. And AlexNet was as a regression model of image recognition. From the total samples above, 60% of male and female DR images of left wrist joint were selected as net train set, and 10% of samples were selected as validation set. As test set, the rest 30% were used to obtain the image recognition accuracy with an error range in ±1.0 and ±0.7 age respectively, compared to the real age. RESULTS The modelling results of deep learning algorithm showed that when the error range was in ±1.0 and ±0.7 age respectively, the accuracy of the net train set was 81.4% and 75.6% in male, and 80.5% and 74.8% in female, respectively. When the error range was in ±1.0 and ±0.7 age respectively, the accuracy of the test set was 79.5% and 71.2% in male, and 79.4% and 66.2% in female, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The combination of bone age research on teenagers' left wrist joint and deep learning, which has high accuracy and good feasibility, can be the research basis of bone age automatic assessment system for the rest joints of body.
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- T H Hu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China.,Department of Forensic Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi 830000, China
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- Shanghai Fanyang Information Technology Co., LTD., Shanghai 200444, China
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- People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi 830000, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Department of Forensic Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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Hu TH, Wan L, Liu TA, Wang MW, Chen T, Wang YH. [Advantages and Application Prospects of Deep Learning in Image Recognition and Bone Age Assessment]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 33:629-634. [PMID: 29441773 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Deep learning and neural network models have been new research directions and hot issues in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence in recent years. Deep learning has made a breakthrough in the applications of image and speech recognitions, and also has been extensively used in the fields of face recognition and information retrieval because of its special superiority. Bone X-ray images express different variations in black-white-gray gradations, which have image features of black and white contrasts and level differences. Based on these advantages of deep learning in image recognition, we combine it with the research of bone age assessment to provide basic datum for constructing a forensic automatic system of bone age assessment. This paper reviews the basic concept and network architectures of deep learning, and describes its recent research progress on image recognition in different research fields at home and abroad, and explores its advantages and application prospects in bone age assessment.
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- T H Hu
- Department of Forensic Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Fanyang Information Technology Co., LTD., Shanghai 200444, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Department of Forensic Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Shanghai 200063, China
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Tan SL, Chen JM, Yu XY, Wang MW, Zhuo PP, Zhou S, Xia WT. [Comparison of Measurement Methods of Exophthalmos and Its Forensic Significance]. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 33:353-356. [PMID: 29219263 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2017.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To compare the differences between Hertel exophthalmometry and CT on exophthalmos measurement, and explore its practical application value in forensic medicine. METHODS Fifty-six normal individuals without eye injuries or diseases were selected as the control group. The absolute values of exophthalmos were measured in the standardized CT image workstation. The difference of binocular exophthalmos was compared in normal group. Forty-seven cases with unilateral orbital fracture were divided into injured eye group and normal eye group according to the presence of binocular orbital fractures. The differences of the absolute values of eophthalmos from the same eye and the relative values of eophthalmos between two eyes for same person measured by Hertel exophthalmometry and CT were analyzed. RESULTS There was no statistical difference of exophthalmos between the normal eyes measured by CT method. In the normal eye group, the absolute value of exophthalmos measured by CT method was (16.66±5.41) mm, which was (16.16±4.45) mm when measured by the Hertel exophthalmometry method. There was no statistical difference between two groups (P>0.05). In the injured eye group, there was statistical difference between the absolute values of exophthalmos measured by two measurement methods ( P<0.05). There was no statistical difference of the relative values of exophthalmos between the injured eyes and the normal eyes by two measurement methods (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS CT method has a good consistency with Hertel exophthalmometry, which can be applied into the practice of medicolegal expertise.
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- S L Tan
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC, Shanghai 200063, China.,School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC, Shanghai 200063, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, PRC, Shanghai 200063, China
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Jin S, Zhang YGL, Guo F, Deng YT, Wang MW. [Improved immunohistochemical pancytokeratin and elastic fiber staining method in assessment of pleural invasion in lung cancer]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2017; 46:340-341. [PMID: 28468044 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2017.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Fang N, Yang QJ, Deng YT, Feng X, Xia HS, Zhang YGL, Wang MW, Wu D, Zhou H, Guo F. [Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma of small bowel mesentery: report of a case]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2017; 46:201-202. [PMID: 28297765 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2017.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Zhang QQ, Wang JG, Wang MW, Bu J, Zhu SW, Wang R, Gao BZ, Yuan XC. A modified fractal zone plate with extended depth of focus in spectral domain optical coherence tomography. J Opt 2011; 13:10.1088/2040-8978/13/5/055301. [PMID: 24353894 PMCID: PMC3864818 DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/5/055301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems, there is a trade-off between the depth of focus (DOF) and lateral resolution when conventional lenses are used. We propose a new method that employs a modified fractal generalized zone plate (MFraGZP) combined with a conventional lens to improve the trade-off effect, with an extended DOF of about 2.5 mm (14 times larger) while the lateral resolution is maintained at ~9.5 μm. As an example, images of the calibration microspheres are obtained and demonstrated with the extended DOF in a spectral domain OCT system.
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- Q Q Zhang
- Institute of Modern Optics, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- Nankai University Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin 300121, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Institute of Modern Optics, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of China, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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Wang MW. Effects of salvianolate on cardiomyocytic apoptosis and heart function in a swine model of acute myocardial infarction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 7:140-4. [DOI: 10.3736/jcim20090209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Xu ZJ, Liu W, Zhang N, Wang MW, Zhu XN. Effect of intensity clamping on laser ablation by intense femtosecond laser pulses. Opt Express 2008; 16:3604-3609. [PMID: 18542453 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.003604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We have experimentally demonstrated that because of intensity clamping, when the laser peak power is higher than the critical power for self-focusing, further increase of the laser power cannot result in corresponding increase of the laser ablation rate of a metallic sample placed in gases. The ablation rate will finally approach a stabilized value. Also, the experimental technique implemented in our work could be potentially used to measure the self-focusing critical power and the nonlinear refractive index.
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- Z J Xu
- Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology, Education Ministry of China, Tianjin 300071, China
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White DJ, Oglesby T, Liszewski MK, Tedja I, Hourcade D, Wang MW, Wright L, Wallwork J, Atkinson JP. Expression of human decay accelerating factor or membrane cofactor protein genes on mouse cells inhibits lysis by human complement. Transpl Int 2003; 5 Suppl 1:S648-50. [PMID: 14621899 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-77423-2_190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Mouse cells expressing the human complement regulatory proteins decay accelerating factor (DAF) or membrane cofactor protein (MCP) were produced both by hybridoma technology and by transfection with the appropriate cDNAs. The expression of either or both of these products protected the mouse cell from lysis by human (though not rabbit) complement in the presence of naturally occurring human anti-mouse antibody. This effect could be abrogated by the addition of monoclonal antibody against DAF or MCP. These data suggested that the production of animals transgenic for human complement regulatory proteins should in principle be similarly protected from hyperacute xenograft rejection.
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- D J White
- Clinical School of Medicine, University of Cambridge Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Rd., Cambridge CB2 2QQ
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Lou SJ, Gu P, Chen F, He C, Wang MW, Lu CL. The effect of bone marrow stromal cells on neuronal differentiation of mesencephalic neural stem cells in Sprague-Dawley rats. Brain Res 2003; 968:114-21. [PMID: 12644269 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02224-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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There are numerous parallels between the heamatolymphopoietic and nervous systems in terms of the mechanisms regulating their development. We proposed that neural stem cells (NSCs) may respond to the microenvironmental signals provided by bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) which regulate the differentiation and maturation of hematolymphopoietic stem cells. First, we isolated and proliferated BMSCs from the femur and tibia, and NSCs from the midbrain of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, and then investigated the effects of BMSCs on the differentiation of NSCs into neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes by directly plating neurospheres on BMSC monolayers in serum-free conditions. The results confirmed that BMSCs induced NSCs to differentiate selectively into neurons. The percentage of neurons significantly increased in 7 days in vitro co-cultures of NSCs and BMSCs as compared to NSCs cultures alone. When the duration of the cultures was extended to 12 days in vitro, BMSCs enhanced the survival of neurons derived from these NSCs; our investigation then focused on the underlying mechanism for this effect of BMSCs. NSCs were cultured with BMSC conditioned-medium and co-cultured with membrane fragments of live BMSCs or paraformaldehyde fixed BMSCs, the inducing activity of BMSCs was solely detectable in BMSC conditioned-medium, indicating that soluble factors secreted by BMSCs were responsible for its effect on the neuronal differentiation of NSCs. Therefore, BMSCs may provide a powerful tool for therapeutic neurological applications.
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MESH Headings
- 2',3'-Cyclic-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases/metabolism
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Cells/cytology
- Cell Count
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cell Survival
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Culture Media, Conditioned/pharmacology
- Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism
- Immunochemistry
- Intermediate Filament Proteins/metabolism
- Mesencephalon/cytology
- Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Nestin
- Neurons/cytology
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley/growth & development
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley/metabolism
- Receptors, Transferrin
- Stem Cells/cytology
- Stem Cells/physiology
- Stromal Cells/metabolism
- Stromal Cells/physiology
- Time Factors
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- Shu jie Lou
- Department of Neurobiology, The Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, 200433, Shanghai, China.
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Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand [RANK ligand (RANK-L)] stimulates mature osteoclasts to resorb bone, a process associated with NF-kappa B activation. RANK-L also prompts macrophages to develop the osteoclast phenotype. Although NF-kappa B is essential for osteoclast differentiation, it is not known whether RANK-L activates this transcription complex in osteoclast precursors. We report that RANK-L rapidly induces NF-kappa B activation in both authentic osteoclast precursors, namely bone marrow macrophages, and RAW 264.7 cells, a murine macrophage line also capable of RANK-L-mediated osteoclastogenesis. Supershift studies reveal the RANK-L-induced DNA binding moiety contains p50/p65, the most common NF-kappa B complex. Subcellular translocation of p50 and p65 subunits is confirmed by Western blots and immunofluorescence analysis. RANK-L activates NF-kappa B in both bone marrow macrophages and RAW 264.7 cells by serine phosphorylation of I kappa B alpha within 5 min, resulting in rapid I kappa B alpha degradation and resynthesis. Attesting to function, RANK-L treatment of RAW 264.7 cells transiently transfected with a plasmid containing NF-kappa B consensus elements linked to luciferase greatly enhances reporter activity. Our data suggest that activation of the NF-kappa B pathway is an integral component of RANK-L-induced osteoclast differentiation.
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- S Wei
- Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Wang GS, Wang MW, You WD, Wang HF, Feng MF. [Fluorescent mRNA differential display technique]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi 2000; 16:373-6. [PMID: 11236706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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AIM To apply fluorescent mRNA differential display technique. METHODS Total RNA samples were extracted from human monocyte line U937 treated/untreated with IFN and LPS, and were used as templates in differential display PCR. The anchored primers used were labeled with the fluorescent tag. After running on 5.6% denaturing PAGE gel, differentially expressed bands were excised and recovered, and finally reamplified. RESULTS Three tested samples all showed amplified bands differed from 300 bp to 2.0 kb, the bands were bright and clear, the background was low. Both yes/no changes and upregulated/downregulated happenings were shown simultaneously. The reamplification bands were sharp and pure. CONCLUSION We have successfully practiced fluorescent differential display technique in our lab. It is a fast, safe and cost-effective method used to sereen unknown expressed genes.
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- G S Wang
- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853
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Lee JH, Ham YA, Choi SH, Im EO, Jung JH, Im KS, Kim DK, Xu Y, Wang MW, Kim ND. Activity of crude extract of Rubus crataegifolius roots as a potent apoptosis inducer and DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor. Arch Pharm Res 2000; 23:338-43. [PMID: 10976580 DOI: 10.1007/bf02975444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The effects of methanol extract of Rubus crategifolius roots and its solvent fractions were investigated on the proliferation of MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells. The methanol extract inhibited the proliferation of MCF-7 cells in a concentration dependent manner. Moreover, their methanol soluble (W-M) fraction had the greatest inhibitory effect on the growth of MCF-7 cells. To evaluate whether the W-M fraction affects on the cell cycle of MCF-7 cells, cells treated with this fraction were analyzed with flow cytometry. The W-M fraction increased G0/G1 phase after 24 h-treatment and induced apoptosis after 48 h-treatment. The hallmark of apoptosis, DNA fragmentation, also appeared by W-M fraction after 48 h-treatment. Furthermore, the methanol extract and its W-M fraction inhibited the activity of the topoisomerase I enzyme in the relaxation assay. From these results, their W-M fraction as well as methanol extract of R. crategifolius roots are necessary for further studies as a potent inhibitor of the growth of cancer cells.
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- J H Lee
- College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Korea
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Kishi H, Itoh M, Ohshima K, Wang MW, Watanabe G, Taya K. Regulations of gonadotropin secretion by circulating inhibin, estradiol, and progesterone in cyclic hamsters. Am J Physiol 1999; 277:E876-82. [PMID: 10567015 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.5.e876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The physiological importance of gonadal hormones in feedback control of gonadotropin secretion during the estrous cycle in golden hamsters was investigated with immunoneutralization methods. Anti-inhibin serum (inhibin-AS) treatment always induced a drastic increase in follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion and occasionally raised luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion. Anti-estradiol-17beta serum (estradiol-AS) treatment increased LH secretion typically. Although estradiol-AS elevated FSH secretion occasionally, the elevation was much less than that by inhibin-AS. Plasma FSH reached ovariectomized levels by a synergistic effect of both antisera. Elevated plasma LH with both antisera was much less pronounced than in ovariectomized animals. Plasma LH increased dramatically to the levels in the ovariectomized group when antibody against progesterone (progesterone-AB) was given together with inhibin-AS and estradiol-AS, although progesterone-monoclonal antibody alone did not alter plasma gonadotropin levels. These results indicate that in hamsters FSH secretion is mainly regulated by inhibin and LH secretion is regulated by estradiol-17beta and progesterone during the estrous cycle.
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- H Kishi
- Department of Animal Reproduction, National Institute of Animal Industry Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0991, Japan
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Pooley CL, Edwards JP, Goldman ME, Wang MW, Marschke KB, Crombie DL, Jones TK. Discovery and preliminary SAR studies of a novel, nonsteroidal progesterone receptor antagonist pharmacophore. J Med Chem 1998; 41:3461-6. [PMID: 9719599 DOI: 10.1021/jm9801915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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A series of 6-aryl-1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinolines was synthesized and tested for functional activity on the human progesterone receptor isoform B (hPR-B) in mammalian (CV-1) cells. The lead compound LG001447 (1,2-dihydro-2,2, 4-trimethyl-6-phenylquinoline) was discovered via directed high throughput screening of a defined chemical library utilizing an hPR-B cotransfection assay. Electron-withdrawing substituents at the meta position of the C(6) aryl group afforded substantial improvements in hPR modulatory activity. Several analogues were able to potently block the effects of progesterone in vitro. Two compounds, 10 (LG120753) and 11 (LG120830) with potencies comparable or equal to the steroidal hPR antagonist onapristone (ZK98,299), were demonstrated to act as antiprogestins in vivo after oral administration to rodents. This is the first disclosure of orally active nonsteroidal antiprogestins.
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- C L Pooley
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA.
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Edwards JP, Zhi L, Pooley CL, Tegley CM, West SJ, Wang MW, Gottardis MM, Pathirana C, Schrader WT, Jones TK. Preparation, resolution, and biological evaluation of 5-aryl-1, 2-dihydro-5H-chromeno[3,4-f]quinolines: potent, orally active, nonsteroidal progesterone receptor agonists. J Med Chem 1998; 41:2779-85. [PMID: 9667968 DOI: 10.1021/jm980190c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Two potent nonsteroidal progestins from the 5-aryl-1, 2-dihydro-5H-chromeno[3,4-f]quinoline class (LG120746 and LG120747) were selected for scale-up, resolution, and biological evaluation of the purified enantiomers. For each quinoline, the levorotatory enantiomer was determined to be the more potent agonist of the human progesterone receptor isoform B (hPR-B) (EC50 < 3 nM), but the dextrorotatory enantiomers retained significant PR modulatory activity (EC50 < 200 nM). In two in vivo rodent models of progestational activity, a pregnancy maintenance assay and a uterine wet weight assay, the two eutomers displayed potent progesterone-like effects. In a third model for progestational activity, the mammary end bud assay, these compounds were significantly less active. These studies demonstrate that certain members of this class of selective progesterone receptor modulators display encouraging and potentially useful tissue-selective progestational effects.
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- J P Edwards
- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Endocrine Research, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA.
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Wang MW, Consoli U, Lane CM, Durett A, Lauppe MJ, Champlin R, Andreeff M, Deisseroth AB. Rescue from apoptosis in early (CD34-selected) versus late (non-CD34-selected) human hematopoietic cells by very late antigen 4- and vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) 1-dependent adhesion to bone marrow stromal cells. Cell Growth Differ 1998; 9:105-12. [PMID: 9486846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies to very late antigen 4 (VLA-4) recognize the alpha4beta1 integrin receptor. This monoclonal antibody blocks the adhesion between early hematopoietic progenitor cells (CD34-selected cells) and stromal cells when added to cultures of these cells. Addition of the VLA-4 monoclonal antibody to cultures of stromal cells and CD34-selected cells was shown to induce apoptosis of CD34-selected cells in these CD34-selected cell/stromal cell cocultures, as measured by the terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling method. In contrast to these experiments with early hematopoietic progenitor cells (CD34+), the level of adhesion between more differentiated cells (unfractionated hematopoietic cells) and stromal cells was not significantly altered by addition of the anti-VLA-4 monoclonal antibody. Similarly, the level of apoptosis of unfractionated hematopoietic cells was not significantly increased by the addition of anti-VLA-4 monoclonal antibody to cultures of the latter cells with stromal cells. The binding of the unfractionated cells is less than that of the CD34-selected cells. Given that there is no difference between the alpha4beta1 integrin expression level of the early and late myeloid cells, there may be a difference in the functional state of the integrin between the early and late myeloid cells. We also show that CD34+-selected precursor cells proliferate at a higher rate when these cells are plated on recombinant vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 molecules. These data indicate that the alpha4beta1 integrin receptor (VLA-4) plays a central role in the apoptosis rescue function that results from the anchorage-dependent growth of the CD34-selected early hematopoietic cells on stromal cells. The data suggest that these apoptosis rescue pathways have less significance as the cells mature and become anchorage independent in their growth. These data should assist in the design of systems for the ex vivo proliferation and transduction of early hematopoietic cells for genetic therapy.
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- M W Wang
- The Medical Oncology Section and The Comprehensive Cancer Center of The Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8032, USA
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In assessing the effects of age, physical activity and ethnic identity on perception of body shape in a group of 110 elderly men, the difference was significant for perception of current and ideal body shape, with the greatest difference for the 49 physically active black elderly men.
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- B R Abadie
- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State 39762, USA
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Wu JF, Wang MW, Song LS, Liu ZF. [Absorption, tissue distribution, and excretion of zinc acexamate in rats]. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1996; 17:375-8. [PMID: 9812729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED beta = 11.6 h. The bioavailability was about 52.8%. After ig [3H]ZA (4.44 MBq.kg-1), higher radioactivities were observed in kidney, liver, and gastrointestinal tract but lower in brain, fat, and femur. CONCLUSION ZA given i.g. in rats was absorbed rapidly and distributed widely to most of the organs and tissues.
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- J F Wu
- Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, Changchun, China
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Hamann LG, Farmer LJ, Johnson MG, Bender SL, Mais DE, Wang MW, Crombie D, Goldman ME, Jones TK. Synthesis and biological activity of novel nonsteroidal progesterone receptor antagonists based on cyclocymopol monomethyl ether. J Med Chem 1996; 39:1778-89. [PMID: 8627601 DOI: 10.1021/jm950747d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A novel class of nonsteroidal progesterone receptor antagonists has been synthesized and was shown to exhibit moderate binding affinity for hPR-A, the ability to inhibit the transcriptional activity of human progesterone receptor (hPR) in cell-based assays, and anti-progestational activity in a murine model. Cyclocymopol monomethyl ether, a component of the marine alga Cymopolia barbata was weakly active in random screening against PR. Investigations into the SAR surrounding the core of this natural product lead structure resulted in improved in vitro activity. In contrast to the cross-reactivity profiles observed with known steroidal antiprogestins, compounds of the general structural class described display a high degree of selectivity for the progesterone receptor and no functional activity on the glucocorticoid receptor.
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- L G Hamann
- Department of Endocrine Chemistry Research, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, California 92121, USA
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A primary culture system of virgin rat mammary epithelial cells, grown in a serum-free medium, was developed as a means of assaying the efficacy of compounds with known anti-progestational properties. Cells were grown in 24-well plates on hydrated collagen gels and could be cultured for at least seven days. Experiments were routinely stopped three days after overnight attachment of cells using fibronectin (4 micrograms/ml). DNA synthesis, measured by thymidine incorporation, was significantly increased by the addition of ovine prolactin (43 nM; P < 0.01) or progesterone (0.15 microM; P < 0.05) or both (P < 0.01) to the basal medium. When added to medium containing progesterone plus prolactin (complete medium), RU486 (mifepristone) and ZK98734 (lilopristone) significantly depressed DNA synthesis in a dose-dependent manner using doses ranging from 0.015 microM to 15 microM. Maximum inhibition was achieved at 15 microM for both compounds. DNA synthesis was 24.5 +/- 2.6% (mean +/- SEM, n = 4) and 32.0 +/- 2.2% (n = 3) of that in complete medium for RU486 and ZK98734, respectively (both P < 0.001). There was no inhibitory effect of either compound in basal medium or basal medium plus prolactin, indicating the absence of toxicity and that the inhibitory effect is specific for a progesterone-mediated process.
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Wang MW, Crombie DL, Hayes JS, Taussig MJ, Heap RB. Anti-idiotypic immunization against progesterone. Am J Reprod Immunol 1995; 34:386-8. [PMID: 8607945 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1995.tb00969.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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During the development of synthetic calcitonins for therapeutic use in bone disease, a "diabetogenic" (hyperglycemic) effect was observed, particularly with salmon calcitonin. The effect was attributed by some to inhibition of insulin secretion. We have recently reported high-affinity (28 pmol/L) amylin-binding sites in certain areas of rat brain, and found that these sites also bind salmon but not rat calcitonin with comparable high affinity. Rat amylin and salmon calcitonin have been determined to have significant structural homology. In vitro and in vivo studies indicate that rat amylin can exert calcitonin-like effects on osteoclasts and on plasma calcium. Here we report that salmon calcitonin mimics the actions of rat amylin on skeletal muscle glycogen metabolism in vitro; it stimulates glycogenolysis and inhibits incorporation of radiolabeled glucose into glycogen (50% effective concentration [EC50], 0.4 +/- 0.11 nmol/L log and 8.4 +/- 0.05 nmol/L log, respectively). In anesthetized rats, salmon calcitonin, like rat amylin, rapidly increases plasma lactate concentration, followed by a slower increase in glucose concentration. Like amylin, salmon calcitonin also inhibits the insulin response to 2 mmol infused glucose (insulin increments suppressed by 52% and 57% at 10 minutes for salmon calcitonin and amylin). Other shared actions, such as suppression of appetite, stimulation of renin secretion, inhibition of gastric acid secretion, and inhibition of gastric emptying, further affirm our proposal that the exogenous peptide, salmon calcitonin, is a mimic of endogenous amylin in the rat.
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- A A Young
- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Anti-progesterone treatment using specific anti-progesterone antibodies or a progesterone receptor (PR) antagonist during first pregnancy impairs postpartum maternal behaviour in mice. This effect is demonstrable only if the treatment is given during pregnancy but not immediately after parturition. The purpose of the present studies was to investigate if maternal behaviour is also impaired by anti-progesterone treatment in subsequent pregnancies. Studies with a monoclonal antibody to progesterone (DB3; 4.5 nmol/mouse) showed that injection of females on day 17 of second pregnancy did not cause maternal rejection but the latency of pup retrieval was prolonged especially during the first 3 days of lactation. This phenomenon was not observed in animals that had previous experience of full length lactation. Experiments were carried out with mifepristone (RU486; 10 micrograms/mouse) injected at day 17 of first, second or third pregnancies. Pup rejection (22.5% vs 12.3%) and prolongation of the retrieval latency (62.3 +/- 13.3 vs 19.7 +/- 6.5 s; P < 0.02) were observed following the first pregnancy. No abnormal behavioural effects were found in mothers treated in second or third pregnancy who had prior full length lactation experience. Control females subjected to only one pup retrieval test after first delivery rejected their pups if treated in their second pregnancy (27.3% vs 4.4%; P < 0.001) and displayed a marginal prolongation of the retrieval latency period (20.9 +/- 7.0 vs 7.4 +/- 2.6 s). Anti-progesterone treatment had no negative influence when administered during third pregnancy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D L Crombie
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Parandoosh Z, Crombie DL, Tetzke TA, Hayes JS, Heap RB, Wang MW. Progesterone and oestrogen receptors in the decidualized mouse uterus and effects of different types of anti-progesterone treatment. J Reprod Fertil 1995; 105:215-20. [PMID: 8568763 DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1050215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Pseudopregnant mice were treated systemically with monoclonal anti-progesterone antibody (DB3) (model 1), or progesterone receptor antagonists RU486 or ZK98,299 (ZK299) (model 2) on day 3 post coitum. On day 4, sesame oil was administered intraluminally into one uterine horn to induce decidualization. On day 7, the average mass of the oil-injected horn was 335.2 +/- 52.4 mg, eight times greater than that of the non-injected horn (40.8 +/- 5.3 mg; P < 0.001). After treatment with DB3, RU486 or ZK299, the masses of the injected horns did not differ significantly from those of non-injected horns. In the control group, concentrations of progesterone receptors (ligand-binding assay) increased twofold in the decidualized (52.2 +/- 7.4 fmol mg-1) compared with the non-injected horn (26.0 +/- 7.6 fmol mg-1; P < 0.05), whereas oestrogen receptor content (ligand-exchange assay) decreased by 53% (104.9 +/- 18.2 versus 224.3 +/- 18.1 fmol mg-1; P < 0.001). In model 1, antibody-treated animals showed a tenfold increase in the concentration of progesterone receptors (261.7 +/- 81.1 fmol mg-1; P < 0.001), but there was no differential distribution of progesterone or oestrogen receptors in the oil-injected versus non-injected uterine horns. In model 2, uterine progesterone and oestrogen receptors again showed no differential response between injected and non-injected horns regardless of the route of administration (systemic or intraluminal). Concentrations of progesterone receptors in RU486-treated (35.8 +/- 9.4 fmol mg-1) and ZK299-treated (32.0 +/- 10.2 fmol mg-1) mice were comparable to those in non-injected horns (35.3 +/- 6.3 and 34.2 +/- 5.1 fmol mg-1, respectively) and were not significantly different from the control group (26.0 +/- 7.6 fmol mg-1). The results show that oil-induced decidualization is accompanied by increased concentrations of progesterone receptors and decreased concentrations of oestrogen receptors. When decidualization is blocked by anti-progesterone treatment (antibody against progesterone or progesterone receptor antagonist), there are differing effects on receptor responses with an increase in progesterone receptors and decrease in oestrogen receptors after passive immunization, and no change in progesterone receptors and a reduction in oestrogen receptors after anti-progestins. The anti-decidualization effect in the two models was therefore achieved via dissimilar uterine receptor responses.
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- Z Parandoosh
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Mais DE, Hayes JS, Heap RB, Wang MW. Specific interactions of progestins and anti-progestins with progesterone antibodies, plasma binding proteins and the human recombinant receptor. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1995; 54:63-9. [PMID: 7632616 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(95)00120-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This structure-activity study compares the affinity of a series of progestins, progesterone metabolites and anti-progestins for a panel of monoclonal antibodies to progesterone, coypu (Myocastor coypus) or guinea pig plasma progesterone-binding proteins (PPBPs) and the human recombinant progesterone receptor A form (PR-A). The compounds tested were progesterone, Promegestone (R5020), Mifepristone (RU486), ZK98,734, Onapristone (ZK98,299), 11 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, 11 alpha-progesterone hemisuccinate, androsterone, etiocholanolone, 5 alpha- and 5 beta-pregnane-3,20-diones, and 20 alpha- and 20 beta-hydroxyprogesterones. The Ki values for these ligands were determined by competitive binding assays using radiolabelled progesterone as the binding site ligand. For anti-progesterone antibodies (e.g. DB3 and 11/32), only progesterone (3.6-8.8 nM), the 11 alpha-derivatives (1.0-5.5 nM) used to prepare the immunogen and the two 5-pregnanediones (20.9-45.1 nM) were bound with high affinity. For PR-A, high affinity binding was found with receptor agonists (Ki = 1.1-6.2 nM), both 5- and 20-reduced metabolites, and antagonists (0.6-28.0 nM), but not with the 11 alpha-derivatives (950 nM-1.0 microM). In contrast, the PPBPs displayed high affinity interactions with progesterone (3.5-4.2 nM) and both 5 alpha- and 20 alpha-reduced metabolites (2.4-3.4 nM). Binding with the beta-isomers and R5020 was less pronounced (22-170 nM) and there was no evidence of high affinity binding with PR antagonists (> 1.0 microM). Analogs with the 17-keto group did not bind to any of the binders studied. Thus, commonalities among the three types of protein binders were their comparable binding affinities for progesterone (3.5-8.8 nM) and 5-pregnanedione isomers (2.4-330 nM), and a lack of binding for two C17-keto steroids (androsterone and etiocholanolone). The results imply that the tertiary features of the binding domain of these three types of proteins are sufficiently different to result in unique binding structures.
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- D E Mais
- Department of Pharmacology, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Passive transfer of a monoclonal antibody against progesterone produces a high incidence of maternal rejection in mice after recovery from antibody-induced infertility. To investigate the mechanisms involved in this reduction of maternal care, we have examined whether the effect is due to long-term exposure to antibody. Antibody was administered i.p. either on day 2 or day 17 of pregnancy. When a low dose (1.0 nmol) was given on day 2, pregnancy proceeded normally but 44.8% pups delivered at term were rejected compared with 12.7% in the control group. When a higher dose (4.5 nmol) of antibody was given on day 17, pregnancy continued normally to term and the rejection rate was 48.8% (control: 11.1%). When the same amount of antibody was injected after delivery (day 1 of lactation), no detrimental effect was found on subsequent maternal care to the young, the rejection rate being comparable between antibody-treated and control groups (5.3% vs 4.6%). To determine if the presence of antibody interfered with lactation or suckling, a bolus injection of 10 microCi [3H]H2O was given to mice treated at day 17 with antibody or saline. The levels of radioactivity present in both mothers and pups and the first 5-day pup growth curves showed identical patterns, indicating that milk availability and the suckling process were not affected. Crossfostering studies revealed that antibody-treated mothers rejected 25.5% of fostered pups compared with 8.5% found in the control females when antibody was administered on day 17 of pregnancy and the entire litters were crossfostered between the two groups immediately after delivery.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M W Wang
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc., La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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The rapid onset of normal maternal behaviour after parturition in mice, consisting of cleaning, warming, feeding and protection of offspring, is primed by oestrogen, progesterone and oxytocin. Previous studies showed that passive transfer of monoclonal antibodies against progesterone significantly increases the incidence of maternal rejection of pups. To test the hypothesis that aberrant maternal behaviour is due to partial progesterone withdrawal leading to hormonal imbalance during late pregnancy, maternal rejection was assessed following treatment with a progesterone receptor antagonist. Mifepristone (RU486) was given subcutaneously on either day 2 (100 micrograms) or day 17 (50 micrograms) of pregnancy, or on the first day of lactation (100 micrograms). Maternal behaviour was monitored twice daily for the first 6 days of lactation and pup rejection recorded for a further 15 days. Maternal rejection was significantly greater after mifepristone administration on either day 2 or day 17 (28.6% and 38.3%) compared with controls (11.1% and 5.2% respectively). Rejection was negligible in both treated and control groups if mifepristone was given after parturition. When mothers were treated at day 17, the length of the latent period before pups were retrieved and returned to the nest was markedly increased in mifepristone-treated mothers (46.3 s) compared with controls (4.4 s) though the effect was transient. The results indicate that mifepristone interferes with the hormonal priming mechanism(s) necessary for the onset of normal maternal behaviour by a receptor-mediated effect. The similarity of the present results and those obtained with anti-progesterone antibodies implies that receptor antagonism or antibody scavenging of progesterone influence a common central nervous mechanism that is essential for the normal priming process.
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- M W Wang
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc., La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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White DJ, Cozzi E, Langford G, Oglesby T, Wang MW, Wright L, Wallwork J. The control of hyperacute rejection by genetic engineering of the donor species. Eye (Lond) 1995; 9 ( Pt 2):185-9. [PMID: 7556715 DOI: 10.1038/eye.1995.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Activation of endogenous complement is inhibited both in the soluble phase and at the membrane surface by a group of structurally similar proteins. A possible solution to hyperacute rejection is to produce donor animals transgenic for human complement regulators. Mouse cells expressing the human complement regulatory proteins decay accelerating factor (DAF) or membrane cofactor protein (MCP) were produced both by hybridoma technology and by transfection with the appropriate cDNAs. The expression of either or both of these products protected the mouse cell from lysis by human (though not rabbit) complement in the presence of naturally occurring human anti-mouse antibody. This effect could be abrogated by the addition of monoclonal antibody against DAF or MCP. Hyperacute rejection of discordant organ xenografts is mediated by human complement. A 6.5 kilobase minigene for DAF has been microinjected into porcine fertilised ova. Forty-five pigs transgenic for human DAF have been produced. Of these, 65% transcribe message. The amount of message produced varied substantially from animal to animal and was independent of copy number integrated. Expression of human DAF on the porcine lymphocyte surface could be detected and this was able to downregulate human complement activation. Amounts of protein expressed on different tissues varied both from pig to pig and within animals from tissue to tissue. The pigs grow and develop normally with no evidence of ill effects due to possession of the transgene.
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- D J White
- Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK
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Fifty-five gastric carcinoma tumors from Chinese patients in Taiwan, including 40 tubular type (one lymphoepthelioma-like carcinoma subtype), eight signet ring cell type, one papillary type, and six mucinous type gastric carcinomas, were investigated for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transcripts by in situ hybridization using fluorescein-conjugated EBV oligonucleotides for EBERs (Epstein-Barr virus early RNAs) expression and the polymerase chain reaction for viral DNA. Epstein-Barr virus was detected in six of 55 lesions (11%), a significantly lower proportion than has been observed in a North American series. Epstein-Barr virus involvement was more common among male patients. Epstein-Barr virus DNA and its EBERs were specifically present within gastric carcinoma and adjacent dysplastic cells but were absent in surrounding lymphocytes and normal gastric mucosa. Epstein-Barr virus DNA and EBERs were found in one sample of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) and five specimens of typical gastric adenocarcinoma. Among the EBV-positive gastric adenocarcinomas, four were tubular type of varied differentiation and one was signet ring cell type. Furthermore, we evaluated the expression of the latent membrane protein (LMP) with monoclonal antibodies. We found that LMP was expressed in two EBV-positive samples. In addition, the presence of the EBV receptor was studied by probing samples with CD21 monoclonal antibody. Epstein-Barr virus receptor was not detected in any sample. Southern blot analysis indicated single clonal proliferation of tumor cells. These findings confirm and extend the results of Shibata et al. They also indicate that EBV infection might be related to oncogenesis not only in rare gastric cancers that resemble nasopharyngeal lymphoepithelioma but also in typical gastric adenocarcinoma.
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- H J Harn
- Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital
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A single i.p. injection of 10 nmol of a monoclonal antibody to progesterone (mAb-P4) on Day 4 of pregnancy (day of nidation) interrupts pregnancy by Day 8 (Day 1 = sperm-positive smear) in 75% of treated hamsters (n = 8). This correlates with structural and functional luteolysis, significantly (p < 0.05) reduced serum prolactin (PRL), and a nonsignificant trend for reduced FSH (which constitute the minimal luteotropic complex of the hamster), but LH is unchanged. Embryos implant and develop normally for a while, but by Day 8 the uterus is distended with the resorbing products of conception. The abortifacient effects of passive immunization against progesterone are reversed 100% by s.c. injection of 100 micrograms PRL daily on Days 4-7; deferring PRL treatment until Days 6-7 maintained pregnancy in 75% of the animals, still significantly different from the untreated mAb-P4 group. Injection of 50 micrograms PRL on Days 4-7 maintains pregnancy in 50% of the mAb-P4-treated hamsters (not significantly different), whereas 10 micrograms PRL on Days 4-7 is wholly ineffective. No dose of FSH (0.1-10.0 micrograms) or LH (0.4-2.0 micrograms) on Days 4-7 reversed the effects of mAb-P4; neither did 10 micrograms PRL plus 0.4 or 2 micrograms of FSH. The maintenance of pregnancy after 100 micrograms PRL on Days 4-7 is associated with normal serum levels of PRL, FSH, and LH and no change in the serum concentration of the mAb-P4 antibody.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G S Greenwald
- Department of Physiology and Ralph L. Smith Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160
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Crombie DL, Mukherjee R, McDonnell DP, Hayes JS, Wang MW. Creatine kinase activity as an indicator of unopposed estrogen action in the mouse uterus associated with anti-progesterone treatment. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1994; 49:123-9. [PMID: 8031708 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(94)90002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The brain isozyme of creatine kinase (CKB) is a major component of the estrogen-induced proteins in the rat uterus. Hormonal specificity of this response was studied in cotransfection assays using the rat CKB promoter linked to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene. Response was specific for estrogen as 17 beta-estradiol in the presence of estrogen receptor dramatically stimulated the CKB promoter. This induction was completely blocked by the estrogen antagonist ICI 164,384. Nuclear receptors for progesterone, androgen, glucocorticoid and vitamin D did not significantly activate the CKB promoter in the presence of their respective ligands. Creatine kinase (CK) activity was analyzed in decidualized mouse uterus to assess estrogenic activity in vivo. Upon oil stimulation, uterine horns of day 4 pseudopregnant mice underwent a dramatic outgrowth in response to endogenous progesterone. This response was accompanied by a significant decrease in CK activity from a control value of 1.44 +/- 0.25 to 0.38 +/- 0.08 IU/mg protein (P < 0.001), indicating that the action of estrogen was suppressed. Treatment of females one day prior to oil-stimulation with progesterone receptor antagonists, RU486 (Mifepristone) or ZK299 (Onapristone), or with a monoclonal antibody to progesterone (DB3), abolished decidualization, and also restored the CK activity to the control value. These results suggest that CK can be used as a specific cellular marker to detect unopposed estrogen action in the mouse uterus associated with progesterone withdrawal or receptor blockade.
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- D L Crombie
- Department of Pharmacology, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121
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Wang MW, Huang XH, Wu LF. [Puerperal infection of ureaplasma urealyticum]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 1994; 29:325-7, 380. [PMID: 8001403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Using indirect agglutination test (IAT), ELISA and metabolic inhibition test (MI), serum specific IgM antibodies to ureaplasma urealyticum (Un) was investigated in 160 women of late pregnancy during the period of 1991-1992. 81 cases (50.6%) were found positive. 65 out of 81 positive mothers had umbilical blood samples examined and placenta tissues cultured. Specific IgM was detected in the umbilical blood of 7 women (10.8%), and ureaplasma urealyticum was isolated from 6 placenta (9.2%). Among Un IgM positive women, 28 (34.6%) were complicated with puerperal fever, and 30 newborns suffered from neonatal pneumonia and fever, which were significantly higher than that in the Un IgM negative group (P < 0.05). This study indicated that ureaplasma urealyticum might be one of the important pathogens for puerperal and neonatal infection.
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- M W Wang
- Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital
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Feenstra RM, Collins DA, Ting DZ, Wang MW, McGill TC. Interface roughness and asymmetry in InAs/GaSb superlattices studied by scanning tunneling microscopy. Phys Rev Lett 1994; 72:2749-2752. [PMID: 10055967 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.72.2749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Harn HJ, Ho LI, Yu CP, Wang MW, Lee HS, Lin JJ, Lee WH, Isola NR, Cooper DL. The variant mRNA isoform of human metastasis gene (CD44V) detected in the cell lines of human hepatocellular carcinoma. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1994; 32:233-8. [PMID: 7517252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The interaction of the cell surface receptor CD44 molecular with its ligands (addressin, extracellular matrix etc.,) plays an important role in fulfilling the lymphocyte homing and immune reaction. Recently alternatively spliced products of CD44 gene are found to be involved in tumor metastasis as well. Our report found that CD44 prototype RNA (CD44S) was present in all five tumor cell lines. Isoform CD44 RNA (CD44V) was recognized in three metastasized hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines, J5, HCC36, HEP3B. In addition, the J5 CD44 RNA isoform expressed two distinct transcripts which are of the same size as MDA-231 breast tumor cell line. The MDA-231 CD44 RNA variant (CD44V) has been confirmed to contain metastasis domain 4 and 5. It is implicated that the alternative RNA splicing may also play a major role in hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Exons
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hyaluronan Receptors
- Isomerism
- Liver Neoplasms/chemistry
- Liver Neoplasms/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neoplasm Metastasis/genetics
- Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- H J Harn
- Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Young AA, Carlo P, Smith P, Wolfe-Lopez D, Pittner R, Wang MW, Rink T. Evidence for release of free glucose from muscle during amylin-induced glycogenolysis in rats. FEBS Lett 1993; 334:317-21. [PMID: 8243640 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80702-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Amylin, a 37 amino acid product of pancreatic beta-cells, inhibits insulin-stimulated radioglucose incorporation into muscle glycogen. In the current study, we exercised rats and then prelabelled the glycogen pool by infusing [3-3H]glucose along with glucose and insulin. Subsequent amylin administration increased the rate of appearance of tritiated water 6.4-fold, consistent with stimulation of glycogenolysis and passage of the released moieties through the hexose --> triose step of glycolysis. Further, there was an increase in plasma [3-3H]glucose after amylin, consistent with the release of free glucose previously sequestered in muscle glycogen. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (8-37), an amylin antagonist, prevented these actions.
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- A A Young
- Department of Physiology, Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, CA 92121
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Young AA, Cooper GJ, Carlo P, Rink TJ, Wang MW. Response to intravenous injections of amylin and glucagon in fasted, fed, and hypoglycemic rats. Am J Physiol 1993; 264:E943-50. [PMID: 8333519 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1993.264.6.e943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The actions of intravenous glucagon and amylin, a newly discovered hyperglycemic pancreatic islet hormone, have been compared in 20-h fasted and fed, lightly anesthetized rats, and in rats made hypoglycemic with an insulin infusion. In fasted animals, amylin (75 nmol/kg) was more effective than glucagon (90 nmol/kg) in increasing plasma glucose (glucose increment 4.55 vs. 1.71 mM, P < 0.001). Amylin elicited a marked increase in plasma lactate, as previously reported, whereas glucagon did not alter plasma lactate. In fed animals, glucagon elicited twice as much increase in plasma glucose as did amylin; amylin again elicited a marked lactate increase that was greater (increment 1.45 vs. 0.97 mM, P < 0.05) and more prolonged than in the fasted state, whereas glucagon was without effect on lactate levels. These findings are consistent with glucagon's known action to promote hyperglycemia from hepatic glycogenolysis and amylin's demonstrated action to promote muscle glycogenolysis and increase lactate supply to the liver. Infusions of sodium lactate that produced plasma lactate increments similar to those evoked by 75 nmol/kg amylin evoked patterns of glucose response in fasted and fed rats similar to those evoked by amylin. Thus increased lactate supply to the liver may account for amylin's hyperglycemic effects. Amylin and glucagon could each restore plasma glucose to control levels in fasted animals made hypoglycemic by insulin infusion (plasma glucose reduced to 3.3 mM). A bolus of 75 nmol/kg amylin was more effective than 180 nmol/kg glucagon, restoring basal glucose levels for > 3 h, whereas glucagon restored it for < 1 h.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A A Young
- Department of Physiology, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, California 92121
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Young AA, Rink TJ, Wang MW. Dose response characteristics for the hyperglycemic, hyperlactemic, hypotensive and hypocalcemic actions of amylin and calcitonin gene-related peptide-I (CGRP alpha) in the fasted, anaesthetized rat. Life Sci 1993; 52:1717-26. [PMID: 8502117 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(93)90480-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
Amylin, a 37 amino-acid peptide secreted from the pancreatic beta-cells, exerts marked effects on carbohydrate metabolism in intact rats. It has approximately 50% amino-acid identity with the calcitonin gene-related peptides (CGRP) as well as certain shared biological actions. In vivo potencies were determined for four responses (increases in plasma glucose, increases in plasma lactate, decreases in plasma calcium, and depression of arterial pressure). These responses were measured in fasted, lightly anaesthetized rats given single intravenous bolus injections of rat amylin or rat CGRP alpha at doses of 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 1000 micrograms (about 7 pmol/kg-700 nmol/kg). Control animals received an equal volume of saline. The order of potency for the different responses was as follows: (i) increase in plasma glucose concentration, amylin approximately 2 times more potent than CGRP (by ED50) with detectable responses occurring at doses 100-fold less; (ii) decrease in plasma total calcium concentration, CGRP of equal or greater potency than amylin; and (iii) decrease in arterial pressure, CGRP 44-fold more potent than amylin. An increase in plasma lactate occurred with amylin doses 1000-fold lower than the CGRP doses producing such effects. Saturation of the dose-dependent increase in lactate was not observed, so median effective doses (ED50) were not obtained. These results are consistent with the existence of separate receptor systems for amylin and CGRP. The effects of amylin on plasma glucose and lactate concentrations were demonstrable at doses of 0.1-1.0 micrograms (70-700 pmol/kg). These doses produced plasma levels that were within the concentration range previously reported for insulin-resistant rats, supporting the proposal that amylin is a physiologic endocrine regulator of carbohydrate metabolism in vivo.
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- A A Young
- Department of Physiology, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121
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Yu ET, Phillips MC, Chow DH, Collins DA, Wang MW, McCaldin JO, McGill TC. Interfacial reactions and band offsets in the AlSb/GaSb/ZnTe material system. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1992; 46:13379-13388. [PMID: 10003385 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.46.13379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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